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Feels good to be a New Yorker today.
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Feels good to be a New Yorker today.
If you’ve ever tried to spend a night trying to follow the arguments of students who were never taught penmanship because that’s a thing of the past, often written in light pencil, then you know what torture is.
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you’ve ever tried to spend a night trying to follow the arguments of students who were never taught penmanship because that’s a thing of the past, often written in light pencil, then you know what torture is.
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Hewing to "civility" and (already badly derived) norms like "don't prosecute anyone who's ever been president even if they've done actionably, hideously vile things" is uh… yeah it's the American way. From failing to properly hold accountable the Confederacy, to not prosecuting Nixon, to today.
I will never ever ever understand how the Biden administration had all this nuclear-level dirt on Trump and didn't pull the ripcord. You can try to explain it but it will never make sense.
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hewing to "civility" and (already badly derived) norms like "don't prosecute anyone who's ever been president even if they've done actionably, hideously vile things" is uh… yeah it's the American way. From failing to properly hold accountable the Confederacy, to not prosecuting Nixon, to today.
GTFO.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
GTFO.
One thing that I haven’t seen mentioned about the Trump Reiner tweet is that apart from being horrible and narcissistic, at the root of it is Trump saying that Rob Reiner’s criticism of Trump made someone so angry they murdered him.
Within that is a threat for any Trump critic.
Within that is a threat for any Trump critic.
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
One thing that I haven’t seen mentioned about the Trump Reiner tweet is that apart from being horrible and narcissistic, at the root of it is Trump saying that Rob Reiner’s criticism of Trump made someone so angry they murdered him.
Within that is a threat for any Trump critic.
Within that is a threat for any Trump critic.
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
Bleed each other, you toxic shits.
Not always a big Hochul fan, but I like this quote: “‘If there’s a Republican primary, it makes it much more entertaining for me,’ Ms. Hochul said earlier Monday. ‘Let’s see how they out-MAGA each other in a primary.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Not always a big Hochul fan, but I like this quote: “‘If there’s a Republican primary, it makes it much more entertaining for me,’ Ms. Hochul said earlier Monday. ‘Let’s see how they out-MAGA each other in a primary.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Bruce Blakeman Jumps Into Race For Governor of New York
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bleed each other, you toxic shits.
Not always a big Hochul fan, but I like this quote: “‘If there’s a Republican primary, it makes it much more entertaining for me,’ Ms. Hochul said earlier Monday. ‘Let’s see how they out-MAGA each other in a primary.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Not always a big Hochul fan, but I like this quote: “‘If there’s a Republican primary, it makes it much more entertaining for me,’ Ms. Hochul said earlier Monday. ‘Let’s see how they out-MAGA each other in a primary.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Since this appears to be a thing, I too will make a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. I offer five bucks and a stick of gum for the whole operation. Take it or leave it.
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Since this appears to be a thing, I too will make a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. I offer five bucks and a stick of gum for the whole operation. Take it or leave it.
So excited to have the World Cup in my backyard! How accessible!
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So excited to have the World Cup in my backyard! How accessible!
🤮🤮🤮🤮
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
🤮🤮🤮🤮
How to excel in mediocrity.
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
How to excel in mediocrity.
This is what happens when cowardly Republican senators obediently confirm every rancid piece of shit Trump hurled at his cabinet.
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is what happens when cowardly Republican senators obediently confirm every rancid piece of shit Trump hurled at his cabinet.
Someone on the White House staff is doing God’s work.
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Someone on the White House staff is doing God’s work.
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This administration is filled with the absolute dumbest, meanest, cruelest pieces of shit.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This administration is filled with the absolute dumbest, meanest, cruelest pieces of shit.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Network State v Honduras
- Prospera, backed by Thiel & Andreessen, enters Honduras thru Juan Orlando Hernandez
- Hernandez jailed, Honduras fights to remove Prospera
-Thiel, Andreessen get Trump elected
- Trump interferes in Honduras elections, backs candidate from Hernandez's party, pardons him
- Prospera, backed by Thiel & Andreessen, enters Honduras thru Juan Orlando Hernandez
- Hernandez jailed, Honduras fights to remove Prospera
-Thiel, Andreessen get Trump elected
- Trump interferes in Honduras elections, backs candidate from Hernandez's party, pardons him
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Network State v Honduras
- Prospera, backed by Thiel & Andreessen, enters Honduras thru Juan Orlando Hernandez
- Hernandez jailed, Honduras fights to remove Prospera
-Thiel, Andreessen get Trump elected
- Trump interferes in Honduras elections, backs candidate from Hernandez's party, pardons him
- Prospera, backed by Thiel & Andreessen, enters Honduras thru Juan Orlando Hernandez
- Hernandez jailed, Honduras fights to remove Prospera
-Thiel, Andreessen get Trump elected
- Trump interferes in Honduras elections, backs candidate from Hernandez's party, pardons him
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"Elon Musk is personally responsible for the deaths of at least 400,000 children" is a stat that should be cited every time he and his pervert fanboys start yapping about birth rates
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Elon Musk is personally responsible for the deaths of at least 400,000 children" is a stat that should be cited every time he and his pervert fanboys start yapping about birth rates
Eliminating cashless bail makes perfect sense as long as:
-you know nothing about how cashless bail works.
-you don’t know about the studies that show how successful it is.
-you don’t mind that cash bail unequally affects Black people and other people of color.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
-you know nothing about how cashless bail works.
-you don’t know about the studies that show how successful it is.
-you don’t mind that cash bail unequally affects Black people and other people of color.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chicago man accused of setting train passenger on fire had 72 prior arrests
The victim was reading her phone while riding on a train when the man allegedly doused her with gasoline.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Eliminating cashless bail makes perfect sense as long as:
-you know nothing about how cashless bail works.
-you don’t know about the studies that show how successful it is.
-you don’t mind that cash bail unequally affects Black people and other people of color.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
-you know nothing about how cashless bail works.
-you don’t know about the studies that show how successful it is.
-you don’t mind that cash bail unequally affects Black people and other people of color.
www.bbc.com/news/article...